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Issue No. 1

The winner and Editors’ Choice selections from Round One — Flash Pot Fiction’s inaugural cycle. Chosen from a blind field, judged on craft and originality alone.

Cover art for Issue No. 1 by Anthony Epp
FLASH POT FICTION
Issue No. 1 · September 2026

Cover art by Anthony Epp · Oil on canvas

Winner
Absolution

“Beneath the masked hood, his breath came slow and strained, though he remained deathly still…”

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Editors’ Choice
The First Mother

“The fine grain of the bowl I held—carved from my great-grandfather’s wood—shone with the oils I gently rubbed into it each day…”

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Editors’ Choice
California Gold

“The outlook wasn’t rosy for the Thunder on that day…”

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Looking for the founding editors’ launch stories? Those are in Issue No. 0.